Left-wing singer Billy Bragg said Jeremy Corbyn is a "20th Century" man and worries about the party's ability to represent "ordinary working people".

Mr Bragg , who has been a staunch supporter of Mr Corbyn since he became Labour leader, told the Edinburgh Book Festival the party risked becoming "tribalist".

But he told Twitter followers the Labour leader still had his backing.

"I worry about Jeremy that he's a kind of 20th Century Labour man," he said. "We need to be reaching out to people. We need to be working with everybody we can because you can see what happens to a political party that becomes tribalist.

"We can't afford to go down that route if we are to retain the ability to represent ordinary working people."

Mr Bragg said the party can't afford to become 'tribalist' (Image: Ian Gavan)

But he said he was "furious" over the Labour ruling National Executive Committee's decision to block 130,000 new members from taking part in the leadership election - accusing the party of being afraid of letting 'ordinary people' make decisions.

"Bear in mind that the Conservatives were so afraid of allowing their members have a say that they sent Andrea Leadsom into a room with a revolver and a bottle of whisky rather than take a chance.

"They must have a sense that their membership was also no longer willing to take a centrist line."

But he said he hoped the rift within the party would not lead to a split, and that they would resolve the stalemate.

He later clarified that he still supported the Labour leader, but he wanted "more talk about devolution for England and fair votes for all".